{{Short description|American photographer}} '''Alison Brady''' is a Brooklyn-based photographer known for her ''Sweet Affliction'' and ''What Remains Secret'' series. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2006 with an MFA in Photography.
Brady's work has been featured in ''The New York Times'',<ref name=smith>{{Cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Roberta|title=Art in Review; Alison Brady|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00EFDC153FF936A25755C0A9619C8B63|website=New York Times}}</ref> ''NY Arts Magazine'',<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Brady|first1=Alison|title=Obscure Discomforts|url=http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/?p=1742|website=NY Arts|date=2 July 2007 }}</ref> and ''Time Out New York''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alison Brady, "An Uncertain Nature"|url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/alison-brady-an-uncertain-nature|website=Time Out New York|access-date=2014-07-09|archive-date=2014-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903081837/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/alison-brady-an-uncertain-nature|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The New York Times''{{'}} Whitney Richardson wrote, "Her images are carefully structured to blend the familiar with the unknown — antique furniture and vintage fabrics juxtaposed with unnaturally twisted body forms — with the hope of getting viewers to ask one question: 'I know these objects, but why does this all feel so foreign?'"<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Richardson|first1=Whitney|title=Familiar Rooms, Hidden Faces|url=http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/familiar-rooms-hidden-faces/|website=New York Times|date=25 January 2013 }}</ref> Her photography is featured in many private and public collections including Elton John's collection and the West Collection. Saatchi Gallery profiled her as an emerging artist of the week in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emerging Artist Of The Week: Alison Brady At Massimo Audiello, New York|url=http://magazine.saatchiart.com/articles/artnews/alison_brady_at_massimo_audiel|publisher=Saatchi Gallery|access-date=2014-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903112011/http://magazine.saatchiart.com/articles/artnews/alison_brady_at_massimo_audiel|archive-date=2014-09-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Her exhibition "Sincerely Yours" was pointed out as taking extensively from René Magritte's work.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Wincott |first=Mark |date=July 2, 2016 |title=Review: Damien Done – Stay Black & 7" EP |url=https://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/album-review/2016/07/damien-done-stay-black-7-ep/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205113606/https://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/album-review/2016/07/damien-done-stay-black-7-ep/ |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=The Moshville Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2016, Brady's photos from her 2011 exhibition, "Sincerely Yours", were used as the cover artwork of American post-punk / gothic rock band Damien Done's EP ''Stay Black''.<ref name="oxfanzine2016" /><ref name="qabuffet2018" /><ref name="kerrang2018" /> Other images from that exhibition were used as the cover artwork to the band's next three singles, "He Really Tried"/"And Now The Rain", "Curious Thing"/"Primitive" and "Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead)"/"Pretty Boy".<ref name="oxfanzine2016">{{Cite web |last=Hiller |first=Joachim |date=August 2016 |title=Interview mit Damien Done |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/damien-done-5649 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219215916/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/damien-done-5649 |archive-date=February 19, 2022 |access-date=February 19, 2022 |website=Ox-Fanzine |language=de}}</ref><ref name="qabuffet2018">{{Cite web |last=Holio |first=Sean |date=March 8, 2018 |title=Q&A Buffet with Damien Done |url=http://cooltry.com.au/qa-buffet-damien-done/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312192707/http://cooltry.com.au/qa-buffet-damien-done/ |archive-date=March 12, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Cool Try}}</ref><ref name="kerrang2018">{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2018 |title=The Underground Sounds of America: Damien Done |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-underground-sounds-of-america-damien-done/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731174455/https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-underground-sounds-of-america-damien-done/ |archive-date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |website=Kerrang!}}</ref>
== ''Sweet Affliction<!-- ! check for tone -->'' == Brady's ''Sweet Affliction<!-- ! check for tone -->'' series captures young women in domestic, nostalgic settings, while embracing both commonplace and carnal elements. In her review of the show, Roberta Smith of ''The New York Times'' wrote, "Ms. Brady's work deals rather explicitly and hilariously with the female predicament."<ref name=smith />
== Solo exhibitions == * ''What Remains Secret,'' Rick Wester Fine Art (2014) * ''Sincerely Yours,'' Hous Projects (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brady |first=Alison |date=2011 |title=Sincerely Yours |url=http://www.alisonbrady.com/sincerely-yours |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219075329/http://www.alisonbrady.com/sincerely-yours |archive-date=December 19, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=Alison Brady |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasulka |first=Nicole |date=September 26, 2011 |title=The New Abnormal |url=https://themorningnews.org/gallery/the-new-abnormal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002214740/https://themorningnews.org/gallery/the-new-abnormal |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=The Morning News}}</ref> * ''An Uncertain Nature,'' Massimo Audiello (2009) * ''Sweet Affliction,'' Massimo Audiello (2007)
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== External links == * {{official website|http://www.alisonbrady.com}} * [http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/familiar-rooms-hidden-faces/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 ''The New York Times'' interview with Alison Brady] * [http://www.saatchigallery.com/ Saatchi Gallery]
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